Category: Field Trips

Our boys have traveled all over Europe visiting sites from history and studying fabulous artwork, now it's time to take them to visit the historic sites of America. We've already toured Washington DC several times, Mount Vernon, visited Gettysburg, Philadelphia and Valley Forge, the home of Thomas Jefferson, James Monroe and James Madison, Appomattox Court… Continue reading American History

We enjoyed our trip into the beautiful city of Prague, the castle on the hill had the most amazing views... We LOVED the food here. The street food was amazing. We loved these spiral potatoes, the humongously (pretend it's a word) long crepes filled with homemade jam and the dumplings, but the best things… Continue reading Prague City

We visited Prague over the fourth of July weekend and had a great time. It was definitely an adventure since we don't speak a word of Czech (other than hello= Ahoj). They are part of the EU but you must still use Czech crowns in most places and 20 crowns is equivalent to 1 dollar.… Continue reading Prague, Medieval Knight Show

I'm not sure which was more enjoyable, touring around Salzburg or the beautiful drive there. Here are some photos I took from the car on the drive over. I'd been to Salzburg before and knew the sites were pretty spread out, so we decided to take the hop on hop off tour. For four small… Continue reading Part 2: Salzburg, Austria

My husband's parents came to visit us for several weeks and we hit the road on another trip to one of our favorite places- Garmisch-Partenkirchen. On our way we visited the medieval town of Nördlingen which sits near the impact point of a meteorite that hit the earth 15 million years ago. The boys climbed the treacherously old… Continue reading Garmish and Nördlingen {and photographs for sale}